23 Feb 11 - 10:38 AM (#3101180)
Subject: How to wish good luck to a sailor?
From: open mike

what expressions does on use to wish good luck to someone who is setting of on a sailing adventure? A friend just signed on for a 4 month tour of duty on a private cargo ship in the south seas... from Hawaii to Cook islands to Line Islands.

Would "full sheets and a rolling sea" be a good wish?

"red sails in the sunset?"

I want to make a c.d. of shanties to send to him and the rest of the crew!!

"Three sheets to the wind and a rolling sea" sounds like a recipe for sea-sickness.

There's always "Hoist up the topsheet and spanker!"

Cheerily, Charley Noble

24 Feb 11 - 03:39 AM (#3101736)
Subject: RE: How to wish good luck to a sailor?
From: open mike

the site from the ship he is sailing on has some south pacific island language info.... Kirabati language from the Vessel's web site: ko na mauri! greetings, ('you will be well') uara be how? (interrogative word) marurung good health